
Ah! I shall repeat it endlessly, the only misfortune is to be born! —
Marie Anne De Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise Du Deffand

Faith is a devout belief in what one does not understand. —
Marie Anne De Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise Du Deffand

Let us strive to improve ourselves, for we cannot remain stationary; one either progresses or retrogrades. —
Marie Anne De Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise Du Deffand
Deffand fell in love with him, and thought that at her age she could —
Virginia Woolf

Impromptu thoughts are mental wild-flowers. —
Marie Anne De Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise Du Deffand

God is not more incomprehensible than you; but if he is not more just, it is hardly worth while beIieving in him. —
Marie Anne De Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise Du Deffand

Everything seems insupportable to me. This may very well be because I am insupportable myself. —
Marie Anne De Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise Du Deffand

Rules of society are nothing; one's conscience is the umpire. —
Marie Anne De Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise Du Deffand

I love nothing and that is the true cause of my ennui. —
Marie Anne De Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise Du Deffand

Women are never stronger than when they arm themselves with their weaknesses. —
Madame Du Deffand